Trump Signs Order Cracking Down On ‘Politically Motivated Agendas’ Of Proxy Advisors President Donald Trump on Dec. 11 signed an order directing the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to review rules on proxy advisors, saying they wield influence that “prioritize radical political agendas over investor returns.” Trump’s order directs the SEC to conduct a review and potentially revise or rescind any rules, guidance, […]

Russia Retaliates: Turkish-Owned Cargo Ship Attacked At Ukrainian Port Turkey’s Foreign Ministry has warned against the ongoing escalation of the war on maritime shipping in the Black Sea, after on Friday serious damage was sustained by a Turkish-owned vessel during a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk, in Odesa oblast. The ministry confirmed that a ship operated by a Turkish company is on fire. At least […]

OCC Says 9 Big Banks Took Part In ‘Inappropriate’ Debanking Practices Via American Greatness, The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has released a report saying that the nine largest lenders in the U.S. made “inappropriate distinctions” that it used to restrict services among certain customers. Following the signing of an executive order by President Donald Trump in August of this year, the OCC began […]

Wall Street Eyes Lithium As Battery Storage Demand Poised To Spark New Upcycle Commodity desks at Goldman Sachs, UBS, Citigroup, and Bernstein all see lithium demand poised to surge after the electric vehicle boom-and-bust cycle. This time, however, the growth engine is not EV batteries. Instead, analysts point to energy transition systems, such as the rapid buildout of energy storage batteries on power grids, as the next pillar of […]

Tech Companies Should Curb ‘Sycophantic And Delusional’ AI Outputs, Attorneys General Say Authored by Victoria Friedman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Attorneys general from 42 states and territories wrote to tech giants on Dec. 9, warning them to do more to protect people—particularly children—from what they called “sycophantic and delusional” outputs from their generative AI-powered chatbots. OpenAI’s ChatGPT app […]

Border Tsar Homan Announces Investigation Into Rep. Omar: A Case For Fraud Or Defamation? Authored by Jonathan Turley, This week, the lingering allegations over the marital history of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) took an ominous step when Border Tsar Tom Homan publicly acknowledged that the government is looking into the matter. Rep. Omar has long denied that she married her brother to gain his entry into the United States, but the […]

Oracle Shares Rebound After Denying ‘Delays’ Update (1300ET): Oracle shares are rebounding strongly (and helping the overall market) following a denial of Bloomberg’s earlier report. Oracle told Reuters there are no delays to sites required for contractual commitments with OpenAI and that all milestones remain on track. Oracle additionally said site selection and delivery timelines were established in close coordination with […]

Americans Could See Up To $2,000 Tax Refunds Next Year: Bessent Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that working Americans are set to get “very large refunds” next year as tax cuts that were enabled in the Republican-backed One Big Beautiful Bill Act are set to go into effect. The top of a form 1040 individual income tax return for 2005 atop a stack on the same at […]

Russian Central Bank Sues Euroclear As EU Tries To Ram Through Assets Seizure In what could prove a well-timed preemptive attack and shot across the bow, Russia’s Central Bank (CBR) announced Friday it has initiated legal action against Euroclear, one of Europe’s largest securities depositories, which is holding 185 billion euros ($217 billion) of Russia’s frozen sovereign assets. The CBR has filed a lawsuit against the […]

What To Know About Trump’s New ‘Gold Card’ Visa Program Authored by Savannah Hulsey Pointer via The Epoch Times, Applications opened on Dec. 10 for the Trump administration’s new Gold Card program that expedites visas for wealthy individuals. The program, initiated by President Donald Trump, will fast-track those whom the administration believes will be an asset to the United States economy. Here’s what to know about the […]

Green Rush Reloaded: Pot Stocks Soar On Trump Push For Rescheduling Update (1155ET): Pot stocks soared earlier today after news broke that President Trump is considering directing his administration to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III. Trump has reportedly discussed the idea with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, and industry insiders, including Trulieve CEO Kim Rivers and […]

Belgium Gets Cold Shoulder Ahead Of Russian Asset Confiscation By Molly Schwartz, Cross-Asset Macro Strategist at Rabobank The Cold Shoulder Tensions remain high as Russia and Ukraine fail to reach a ceasefire agreement, even as U.S. pressure mounts. One key demand in Russia’s 20-point proposal is a full Ukrainian withdrawal from the Donbas region, a condition that runs counter to President Zelenskyy’s policy of refusing to […]

Trump Says He Is Pardoning Former Colorado County Clerk Tina Peters Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump said on Dec. 11 that he is pardoning Tina Peters, a former Colorado county clerk convicted of election machine tampering in the aftermath of the disputed 2020 election. The presidential pardon of the Republican former officeholder appears to be symbolic. The Pardons Clause of the U.S. […]

Charlie Kirk Murder Suspect Makes First Courtroom Appearance Tyler Robinson, the Utah man accused of killing conservative commentator Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10, made his first courtroom appearance on Thursday in Provo, Utah.  With no orange jumpsuit, his three public defenders convinced the judge in the case pushed back Robinson’s preliminary hearing to May 18.  Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the 22-year-old […]

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell To Run For Governor Of Minnesota Authored by Arjun Singh via The Epoch Times, Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow, Inc. and a widely known political supporter of President Donald Trump, announced via social media on Dec. 11 that he is running for governor of Minnesota in the 2026 general election. Lindell is seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.), the Democratic Party’s […]

Everyone Except Zelensky ‘Loved’ My Plan, Trump Says, Warning Of WW3 First, on Thursday NATO chief Mark Rutte said from Berlin that Europe and the world should prepare for coming war, ominously warning that it could be “on the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured.” Soon following this, President Donald Trump seemed to echo the warning while voicing frustrations of there being no current off-ramp to the […]

Fermi Craters 50% After Losing First Tenant For Its Massive Texas Data Center Fermi America announced their first potential tenant for the Project Matador data center campus terminated their $150 million Advance in Aid of Construction agreement (i.e., lease). The stock has plunged as much as 50% in premarket trading in what is a wild overreaction with unprecedented demand for data center space (especially data centers named after […]

Social Justice Gone Wild: Oklahoma BLM Leader Indicted On Fraud, Money Laundering Charges A federal grand jury has unsealed a 25-count indictment against the leader of the far-left Marxist group Black Lives Matter in Oklahoma City over allegations of wire fraud and money laundering. Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson, 52, served as Executive Director of Black Lives Matter OKC (BLMOKC). As Executive Director, Dickerson had access to […]

Futures Dip After Hitting Record High, As Fed’s “QE Lite” Sets Up Christmas Rally US equity futures are mixed; with small caps higher and tech stocks lagging. As of 8:15am ET, S&P 500 futures fall 0.1% after hitting a fresh record high yesterday; Nasdaq 100 contracts -0.5% amid signs of rotation out of tech as the equity rally broadens; Oracle led the broader sector lower on Thursday and Broadcom is poised to do the same in US […]

COVID Porn Is Back Authored by ‘sallust’ via DailySceptic.org, The tireless hacks at the BBC have emerged from their bunkers once again to terrorise the public by bravely touring the hospitals and whipping up hysteria about the latest outbreak of flu. It seems “literally hundreds” of patients have been bombarding A&E departments, according to Health Editor Hugh Pym and Chloe Hayward who have been courageously touring […]

Beijing Prepares Its Own $70 Billion Chips Act News earlier this week reported that President Trump had approved exports of Nvidia’s AI H200 chips to China. Shortly afterward, however, reports emerged that Beijing plans to limit access to those advanced chips as it pushes to strengthen domestic chip innovation and production and reduce reliance on U.S. technology. Both the U.S. and China are deploying national strategies through […]

Nuclear Reactors For Investors Submitted by Steffan Szumowski from The Nuclear Review “We’re designing a Liquid Metal Reactor” “Our design will utilize proven technologies” “The design makes our reactor ‘walk-away safe’” There’s a growing list of public and private companies that are working to build reactors for various purposes. These reactors vary widely in their design, size, output, and potential […]

Delivery Theft And Scams Are Reshaping Holiday Shopping Decisions In 2025 Americans may be preparing for holiday sales and gift lists, but a new survey shows that growing anxiety over safety and scams is shaping how they shop in 2025. Concerns about home security, crowded retail environments, and package theft are pushing changes in buying behavior, from delivery choices to how—and when—people visit stores, according to a study […]

The Trans-Siberian Railway Is Poised To Play A Pivotal Role In Joint Russian-US Projects Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Unlocking this mutually profitable opportunity requires the US to first successfully manage the Turkish-Russian tensions in Central Asia that it’s responsible for exacerbating through TRIPP. The US’ management of Turkish-Russian tensions in the South Caucasus and Central Asia, which was […]

Chinese Drone “Mothership” Capable Of Swarm Attack Takes Flight Whether launched from shipping containers, robotic arms, commercial box trucks, or delivered by heavyweight jet-powered mothership drones, the creativity of military technology developers in designing and deploying loitering-munition swarms has been remarkable to watch. The latest piece of military hardware to hit our radar is China’s Jiutian (“Nine Heavens”) unmanned […]